Help! Font drop list problem with Sage

anacreon · 06-03-2023, 11:24 AM

Two days ago, I encountered "database corrupted". So I disconnected / reconnected my Kobo account, annoying but manageable, even with 7000 books:
* review parameters
* patch
* change affiliate, load dictionaries and custom dictionaries, fonts, screensavers
* and patiently disconnect/reconnect reader to PC a score of times to allow the database to recognize books.
* turn the Sage off then on before synchronizing reading position and metadata.

Once done, I checked the DB was ok, and started reading. Disaster: every time I tried to change the font , the reader rebooted - and I tried many times.
So I reinitialized my Sage, a much longer and more painful process with those 7000 books. Done after two days, but the problem subsists: whichever book, however many times I try, Sage reboots after every attempt to drop the fonts list.

It seems unlikely that the fonts drop list problem could be linked to the database corruption, and I have no idea what is going on, or how I might solve the problem. Please help.

DNSB · 06-03-2023, 03:09 PM

Do you have any sideloaded fonts? If so, try removing them.

anacreon · 06-04-2023, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Do you have any sideloaded fonts? If so, try removing them.

I do have side-loaded fonts. Luckily the problem disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared.

JSWolf · 06-04-2023, 04:22 AM

Use Kobo Utilities to backup your database every time you plug in your Kobo to Calibre. Also you can use Kobo Utilities to keep track of your reading positions of whatever books you've started reading.

06-03-2023, 11:24 AM	#1
anacreon Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	Help! Font drop list problem with Sage Two days ago, I encountered "database corrupted". So I disconnected / reconnected my Kobo account, annoying but manageable, even with 7000 books: * review parameters * patch * change affiliate, load dictionaries and custom dictionaries, fonts, screensavers * and patiently disconnect/reconnect reader to PC a score of times to allow the database to recognize books. * turn the Sage off then on before synchronizing reading position and metadata. Once done, I checked the DB was ok, and started reading. Disaster: every time I tried to change the font , the reader rebooted - and I tried many times. So I reinitialized my Sage, a much longer and more painful process with those 7000 books. Done after two days, but the problem subsists: whichever book, however many times I try, Sage reboots after every attempt to drop the fonts list. It seems unlikely that the fonts drop list problem could be linked to the database corruption, and I have no idea what is going on, or how I might solve the problem. Please help.

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06-03-2023, 03:09 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,133 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Do you have any sideloaded fonts? If so, try removing them.

06-04-2023, 04:22 AM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,736 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Use Kobo Utilities to backup your database every time you plug in your Kobo to Calibre. Also you can use Kobo Utilities to keep track of your reading positions of whatever books you've started reading.

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